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Androgen Levels in Adult Females: Changes with Age, Menopause, and Oophorectomy by Davison, S. L., Bell, R., Donath, S., Montalto, J. G., Davis, S. R.

“…Context: Changes in androgen levels across the adult female life span and the effects of natural menopause and oophorectomy have not been clearly established…”
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Updated 2013 International Menopause Society recommendations on menopausal hormone therapy and preventive strategies for midlife health by de Villiers, T. J., Pines, A., Panay, N., Gambacciani, M., Archer, D. F., Baber, R. J., Davis, S. R., Gompel, A. A., Henderson, V. W., Langer, R., Lobo, R. A., Plu-Bureau, G., Sturdee, D. W.

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The ‘go‐between’ study: a simulation study comparing the ‘Traffic Lights’ and ‘SBAR’ tools as a means of communication between anaesthetic staff by MacDougall‐Davis, S. R., Kettley, L., Cook, T. M.

“…Summary Communicating non‐urgent, urgent and frank emergency requests for assistance between anaesthetists in theatre often requires a ‘go‐between’ –…”
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Accuracy of genomic predictions of residual feed intake and 250-day body weight in growing heifers using 625,000 single nucleotide polymorphism markers by Pryce, J E, Arias, J, Bowman, P J, Davis, S R, Macdonald, K A, Waghorn, G C, Wales, W J, Williams, Y J, Spelman, R J, Hayes, B J

“…Feed makes up a large proportion of variable costs in dairying. For this reason, selection for traits associated with feed conversion efficiency should lead to…”
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‘Go‐between’ study: walk times and talk times – a reply by Cook, T., MacDougall‐Davis, S. R., Kettley, L.

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"Kiss myAsthma": Using a participatory design approach to develop a self-management app with young people with asthma by Davis, SR, Peters, D, Calvo, RA, Sawyer, SM, Foster, JM, Smith, L

“…Objective: Young people with asthma often lack engagement in self-management. Smartphone apps offer an attractive, immediate method for obtaining asthma…”
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The role of the international prototype of the kilogram after redefinition of the International System of Units by Davis, R. S.

“…Since 1889, the international prototype of the kilogram has served to define the unit of mass in what is now known as the International System of Units (SI)…”
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Transcriptome profiling of Streptococcus uberis-induced mastitis reveals fundamental differences between immune gene expression in the mammary gland and in a primary cell culture model by Swanson, K M, Stelwagen, K, Dobson, J, Henderson, H V, Davis, S R, Farr, V C, Singh, K

“…Streptococcus uberis is a prevalent causative organism of mastitis and resides naturally in the environment of the dairy cow making prevention of the disease…”
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Testosterone and the heart: friend or foe? by Davis, S R

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women aged 65 years and older. Sex hormones have been implicated as having a critical role in the…”
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Bone marrow lesions predict increase in knee cartilage defects and loss of cartilage volume in middle-aged women without knee pain over 2 years by Wluka, A E, Hanna, F, Davies-Tuck, M, Wang, Y, Bell, R J, Davis, S R, Adams, J, Cicuttini, F M

“…Bone marrow lesions (BML) are important in established knee osteoarthritis, predicting pain and progression of disease. Whether BML are also associated with…”
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Testosterone for women: certainties and uncertainties by Davis, S. R.

“…The clinical effects of testosterone in women have expanded from the field of androgen excess to consideration of testosterone action and the consequences of…”
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An observational study on the relationship between zinc concentrations in bulk tank milk and in serum and farmer-reported zinc supplementation of dairy cattle for facial eczema prophylaxis by Mason, WA, Cuttance, EL, Jamieson, P, Davis, SR

“…To describe the concentration of Zn in bulk tank milk (BTM) in a sample of New Zealand dairy farms, investigate the association between the method of Zn…”
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TRIENNIAL LACTATION SYMPOSIUM/BOLFA: Mammary growth during pregnancy and lactation and its relationship with milk yield by Davis, S R

“…The number of secretory cells in the mammary gland is often cited as a major determinant of milk production. However, literature data for proxy measures of…”
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Targeted assessment of fracture risk in women at midlife by Davis, S. R., Tan, A., Bell, R. J.

“…Summary This study establishes a profile for women at midlife, referred for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), most likely to have osteoporosis, and…”
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Metformin for overweight women at midlife: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial by Worsley, R., Jane, F., Robinson, P. J., Bell, R. J., Davis, S. R.

“…Abstract Aim This study was undertaken to determine whether metformin would ameliorate insulin resistance, reduce weight and waist circumference and improve…”
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Users of oestrogen replacement therapy have more knee cartilage than non-users by Wluka, A E, Davis, S R, Bailey, M, Stuckey, S L, Cicuttini, F M

“…BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis (OA) is increasingly prevalent in the years after menopause. Epidemiological data suggest that the use of oestrogen replacement…”
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Androgens in premenopausal women and women with premature ovarian insufficiency by Davis, S. R.

“…Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) results in both estrogen and testosterone insufficiency. Whether testosterone therapy may be of benefit for women with…”
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Effects of tibolone and raloxifene on bone mineral density in osteopenic postmenopausal women by Delmas, P. D., Davis, S. R., Hensen, J., Adami, S., van Os, S., Nijland, E. A.

“…Summary A randomized trial was conducted in osteopenic postmenopausal women to compare the efficacy of tibolone versus raloxifene on BMD of the lumbar spine…”
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Measuring residual feed intake in dairy heifers fed an alfalfa (Medicago sativa) cube diet by Waghorn, G C, Macdonald, K A, Williams, Y, Davis, S R, Spelman, R J

“…Selection for divergence between individuals for efficiency of feed utilization (residual feed intake, RFI) has widespread application in the beef industry and…”
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Quantification of zinc concentrations in serum, milk and faeces of dairy cattle as a measure of effective zinc supplementation for management of facial eczema by Mason, WA, Cuttance, EL, Laven, RA, Jamieson, P, Davis, SR

“…To investigate the relationship between Zn concentrations in serum and those in milk or faeces, and to assess the ability of the Zn concentrations in milk,…”
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